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"Venus" became Avalon's first No. 1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and it spent five weeks atop the survey. The song also reached No. 10 on the R&B chart.The lyrics detail a man's plea to Venus, the Roman goddess of love and beauty, to send him a girl to love and one who will love him as well.
Francis Thomas Avallone (born September 18, 1940), [2] better known as Frankie Avalon, is an American singer, actor and former teen idol. [ 1 ] [ 3 ] He had 31 charting U.S. Billboard singles from 1958 to late 1962, including number one hits, " Venus " and " Why " in 1959.
The Young Frankie Avalon – 1960 Summer Scene – 1961 ...And Now About Mr. Avalon – A Whole Lotta Frankie: 59 1962 Italiano – 1962 You Are Mine-- Chancellor Records 1962 Frankie Avalon's Christmas Album – Chancellor Records 1964 Muscle Beach Party-- United Artists 1970 I Want You Near Me-- Metromedia Records 1976 Venus-- De-Lite Records ...
Frankie Avalon: 8 July 6 1 "Frankie" Connie Francis 9 July 6 1 "Tiger" Fabian: 3 July 20 6 July 13 "My Heart Is an Open Book" Carl Dobkins Jr. 3 August 3 7 "A Boy Without a Girl" Frankie Avalon: 10 July 13 1 July 20 "A Big Hunk o' Love" Elvis Presley 1 August 10 7 July 27 "There Goes My Baby" The Drifters: 2 August 17 6 "Forty Miles of Bad Road ...
[6] [8] Frankie Avalon was one artist who embraced the increasingly-popular disco style but still received sufficient plays on relevant radio stations to top the Easy Listening chart, as he reached number one with a disco-influenced re-recording of his own 1959 hit "Venus". [9]
This review has been updated to remove a reference to the band Phoenix covering the Frankie Avalon song “Venus.” Phoenix served as musical supervisors on the film but the cover is performed by ...
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